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5 unusual facts about Nikkō


1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship

The Division I tournament took place between 10 and 13 February 2000 in Nikkō, Japan and the Division II tournament took place between 20 and 25 March 1999 in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Kan'ei-ji

Excepted Ieyasu and Iemitsu (buried in Nikko) and last shogun Yoshinobu (also known as Keiki, buried in nearby Yanaka Cemetery), all of the Tokugawa shoguns are buried either at Zōjō-ji or Kan'ei-ji, six at one and six at the other.

Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka (井深 大 Ibuka Masaru, April 11, 1908, Nikkō City, Japan – December 19, 1997, Tokyo) was a Japanese electronics industrialist and co-founder of Sony.

Ōtori Keisuke

One unit was marched towards Nikkō, defeating an Imperial Army detachment on the way at Koyama in Shimotsuke Province.

Tochigi, Tochigi

Envoys using the Reiheishi Way sent from the Imperial Court going to the shrines and temples of Nikko stayed at the lodging area in the city.


253 series

The two newest-built sets, Ne201 and Ne202, underwent extensive refurbishment at JR East's Omiya Works and Tokyu Car Corporation's Yokohama factory to become 253-1000 series sets OM-N1 and OM-N2 for use on Nikkō and Kinugawa limited express services jointly operated with Tobu Railway from 4 June 2011, replacing the 485 series and 189 series EMUs currently used.

Arnold Henry Savage Landor

In Nikkō, Kyoto, Hakone, Kamakura and other places, he painted 24 large canvases and many small ones.

Bodo Sperlein

Bodo Sperlein for Nikko products are available in retailers such as Barneys, Liberty, Fortnum & Mason, Le Bon Marché, Mitsukoshi, Takashimaya, and Isetan, as well as many international Michelin starred restaurants.

Dusit Thani Group

The Hotel Nikko Manila came under the management of Dusit Thani Hotels & Resorts, and was renamed the Dusit Hotel Nikko, Manila.

KT Sullivan

Sullivan performs her cabaret act in venues such as the Laurie Beechman Theater and the Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, the Nikko Hotel and three West Coast Cabaret Conventions in San Francisco, and The Pheasantry and The Crazy Coqs at the Brasserie Zedel in London.

Minimum Security

In one storyline, Nikko was accepted to appear in the television series Fear Factor, only to humiliate himself when he got sick trying to perform one of his stunts (licking the ears of Jesse Helms).

Negros Trade Fair

Nikko Garden Hotel in Makati provided the space for the trade fair with the support of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Nemuri-neko

Matsumura also states, Nemuri Neko "Sleeping Cat symbolizes Nikkō or the Spirit of Ieyasu, who was thought to be the manifestation of Yakusi Nyorai", the Buddha of Healing, who offers medicinal remedies, gives nourishment to the mind, body, and spirit, and comforts the sick and cures illnesses.

Tobu 100 series

The 100 series trains entered service on 1 June 1990 on Kegon and Kinu services from Asakusa in Tokyo to Nikkō and Kinugawa-Onsen, replacing the ageing 1720 series trains operating since 1960.


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